Dear little Rachel got baptized yesterday afternoon. The morning was a bit eventful. Rachel woke me up and I noticed she had bangs. I asked her if she cut her hair and she immediately said, "no!" Bomb!!! Not the best way to start your baptismal day. In the end, of course, everything went well.
Rachel is a very sweet and Christ-like little girl. She is one of our most creative children. She loves to craft and make things. She loves to sing and dance and make up songs. Rachel has the best voice of all the members of our family. Unlike her mother and father, Rachel always befriends the friendless and helps those with disabilities.
At school Rachel is friends with all of the kids who do not have friends. She makes a point to be with those kids, play with those kids, and help those kids feel wanted. Rachel has had her other classmates tell her not to play with those children for various reasons. But Rachel always tells the other kids the reasons why the friendless children are good and worthwhile kids. Our whole family can learn from Rachel's Christ-like acceptance of other people.
Rachel spent the week preparing for her baptism by studying covenants, ordinances, Joseph Smith history, the 4th article of Faith. When we asked Rachel if she had a testimony, she whole heartedly said that she knew the church was true and seemed annoyed that we would question her on that. I think Rachel was ready to be baptized.
The ceremony was sweet and beautiful. Rachel will always remember this sunny May 3, 2014 when she made a covenant with our Savior and became an official member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
2 comments:
What a sweet baptismal day for a very beautiful little girl. I think she has been sent her with the gift of love and compassion. These will serve her well.
Blessing to that Rachel.
She's such a sweetie! Thanks for having us!
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